(16402) Olgapopova Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1984 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Olga P. Popova (b. 1963) is an expert in meteoroid strengths at the Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She led a comprehensive study of the Chelyabinsk airburst that included the atmospheric trajectory, damage assessment and meteorite recovery.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-07-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Olgapopova is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Olgapopova is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16402 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 UR |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.89 km (#9,083 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.203 |
| Rotation period | 3.77 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.57 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.90 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 7.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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